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Banksy’s Orca leaping out of a toilet bowl at ‘Dismal Land’ Is possibly the best Anti-SeaWorld art created. Banksy, the renowned anonymous street artist recently launched his biggest show to date. The project titled “Dismal Land,” a “Bemusement Park,” has been staged in a run-down site home to a former outdoor pool in southwestern England’s Weston-super-Mare.

It includes works from Banksy, as well as art galleries featuring some 50 international and British artists including Damien Hirst, Jenny Holzer, David Shrigley, James Cauty, and other lesser known artists.

The dystopian theme park also showcases 10 new never-before-seen pieces from Banksy, including this one featuring an orca leaping from a toilet bowl to jump through a hoop, held by a trainer, with a kiddie pool awaiting the whale’s landing.This simple, yet effective piece of art is yet another powerful punch delivered to the already suffering SeaWorld.

As the film “Blackfish” captured, orcas do not belong in captivity at theme parks like SeaWorld where they are trained to performed ridiculous tricks for our entertainment. In fact, orcas are incredibly social and intelligent animals and living in concrete tanks does not provide them with the stimulation, exercise and enrichment that is naturally offered in the wild.

For the full story and other iconic pieces of art depicting the sad lives of orcas in captivity please visit www.onegreenplanet.org

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